TT Worlds: Guo Yue crowned, top three vying for mens title_娱乐

TT Worlds: Guo Yue crowned, top three vying for mens title

Saving four match points, Li closed it to 8-10. Then Guo served a topspin which looked like an underspin, Li misjudged the spin and returned well off the table.

"It was a difficult game," said Guo. "But a more difficult game will be the doubles semifinal against South Korea."

Guo, who won the mixed doubles with Wang Liqin on Friday, will take on Kim Kyung Ah and Park Mi Young on Sunday.

The other semifinal is between China's Olympic champs Wang Nan/ Zhang Yining and Singapore's Li Jia Wei/Wang Yue Gu.

"I was a bit hesitant and made quite a few mistakes early in the final," Guo said. "When I was cornered, I told myself to fight to the end."

When asked if a world title would ensure an Olympic berth in 2008, Guo said she was not sure.

Li Xiaoxia, however, is hopeful of an Olympic ticket.

"I lost the final but had won the semifinal against Guo Yan," said Li. "With the Olympics one year to go, a lot of things will happen."

Chinese coaches are mulling over the selection of three singles players for the Beijing Games. Zhang Yining, a Beijing native and a grand slam winner of Olympic, world championships, World Cup singles titles, will be a logical choice, while Wang Nan, also a grand slam winner, is being considered for one more Olympic chance.

Guo Yue, Guo Yan and Li Xiaoxia will have to fight for the last Olympic ticket.

The problem is Guo Yue hailing from the same province with Wang Nan. Playing in an Olympic Games is a huge honor for Chinese local teams. If either of Guo and Wang, both from northeastern China's Liaoning team, makes it to the Beijing Games, the other has to go, said a Chinese team official.